I was detecting with a friend in an old field near the remnants of an old foundation. Today was my lucky day, I was able to find my very first gold ring! After a little cleaning, I discover that the ring is from a local high school, so I decided to do a little detective work to see if I could track down the original owner.
The ring I found was a big 1960 gold class ring from a nearby high school. After a little research, I found that the school keeps the photos of each graduating class and hangs them up in the main hallway. I went to the school and walked the halls till I found the class of 1960, now all I had to do was find the person with the same initials that were on the ring.
As luck would have it, there was only one match. I instantly punched his name into Google on my phone and to my surprise, I found him very quickly. After contacting this person, and asking him if he had lost a class ring, we set up a meeting so I could return it to him.
He and his wife were thrilled to see the ring again after over fifty years of being lost. His wife had been wearing the ring on a chain around her neck sometime in the early 1960, when it broke and was lost to history. I was glad I could be a part of returning the ring to this wonderful couple.
Happy Hunting.
Ryan - ID, USA
